Armored Mawdad

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Armored Mawdad
Scientific name	Tuberclipeum rex
Family	Mawdad
Carry weight	20
Max. carriers	30
Seed worth	50
Health	4,000
Attacks	Eats Pikmin

The Armored Mawdad is a massive, centipede-like beast with a multitude of small gecko-like legs, a large head, yellow eyes, a bluish-green underbelly, a gaping mouth, and large curved mandibles. The boss crawls about, trying to dodge attacks, and is able to climb up the sides of walls as a means of fleeing.

As its name implies, the Armored Mawdad cannot be damaged by most attacks. Its crystalline shell protects it from all attackers, and only Rock Pikmin can be used to destroy this shell. Each segment of the creature's body has its own piece of shell, and the pieces' ease of breaking corresponds to their size; the tail breaks fastest, and the head breaks slowest. When threatened, the Armored Mawdad will shake any attacking Pikmin from it and attempt to scurry up nearby walls.

Despite the Armored Mawdad's threatening size and appearance, its attacks are simple and easy to counter. The creature will charge and then snap its mandibles shut, trapping any Pikmin in front of it. It will consume its victims at a slow rate and can be stopped from eating any at all if enough Rock Pikmin are thrown at its shell, causing it to flinch. Moreover, its attacks can be made much easier to avoid if the Armored Mawdad's crystal mandibles are destroyed by Rock Pikmin.

Notes

Alph's comments

"Structural flaw: flesh beneath shell / Weight: 20 / It takes a small army of Rock Pikmin to make a dent in its reinforced crystal shell. Destroying the shell completely is slow going, since it burrows into the ground every time it comes down from the walls. It's too bad we didn't have the tools to adapt the pieces of its shell into armor for the S.S. Drake!"

Brittany's comments

"The crystal all over its body is one of the most beautiful things I've seen on this planet. How people would stare if I could make a space suit out of it! Though maybe they'd only be staring because I'd be in a translucent suit."

Charlie's comments

"I'm so proud of my crew for managing to take this beast down without me! It's especially impressive because they did it without my combat training or steely fists. It's good to know I set such an example for them to live up to!"

Louie's comments

"Best enjoyed fresh. If the legs aren't twitching when you put it on the grill, don't bother."

Olimar's comments

"It makes its home inside the hollow stumps of enormous trees. The name is derived from the hard shell covering its entire body. As it grows, it can only molt its shell by slamming into rock walls to shatter it before forming a new one. It has a voracious appetite and doesn't hesitate to eat anything that it sees. The contents of its stomach are often a surprise."

In fanon games

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In Armored Mawdad Game

See: Armored Mawdad Game

The player plays as an Armored Mawdad in Armored Mawdad Game.

In Pikmin 5: Adventure Awaits

"The biggest adventure yet!" This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin 5: Adventure Awaits, a fanon game created by Salem.

Armored Mawdad The icon used to represent this enemy.
Scientific name	Tuberclipeum rex
Family	Mawdad
Carry weight	20
Max. carriers	30
Seed worth	50
Attacks	Eats Pikmin

In Pikmin 5: Adventure Awaits, the Armored Mawdad returns as a cyborg because, after the events of Pikmin 3, the Armored Mawdad suffered a traumatic injury that result in a massive portion of his head missing. Some pieces of the creatures were irretrievable, so those parts had to be replaced with mechanical components.

In Pikmin E

See: Pikmin E

Armored Mawdad The icon used to represent this enemy.
Scientific name	Tuberclipeum rex
Family	Mawdad
Areas	Distant Tundra
Carry weight	20
Max. carriers	30
Seed worth	50
Attacks	Eats Pikmin

The Armored Mawdad returns as the Shielded Mawdad in Pikmin E. It has the same attack patterns, minus dropping from the ceiling. It appears as a miniboss on the Distant Tundra's bonus day, and is fought to collect a white 100-pellet. It yields the name Shielded Mawdad due to having lost most of its protecting covering.

In Pikmin: Wide World

"It's a jungle out there!" This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin: Wide World, a fanon game created by Cheepy-Cheepy.

The Armored Mawdad appears in Pikmin: Wide World as the boss of Forgotten Mine, a cave located in Balmy Highlands, and is fought on the seventh and final sublevel.

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